Dentons is bolstered by an extended network of offices across the US and possesses considerable expertise in the business immigration field. Key areas of the practice include personnel movement, assisting companies with hiring highly skilled professionals and the full range of business visa applications. The team is led by a quartet of specialists – Alexander Castrodale operates from the Pittsburg office and specializes in employment-based immigration, including temporary and permanent visas, family-based immigration, naturalization, and related issues. In Des Moines, Lori T. Chesser assists individuals and employers with all their immigration needs and brings an impressive client portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, Pittsburg-based Alexa Forte handles temporary and permanent visas for clients’ foreign national employees, and business immigration expert, Matthew Schulz who is based in Silicon Valley. Megan Lantz recently joined the firm from Barten Law and now practices in the Des Moines office.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Castrodale, Lori T. Chesser, Alexa Forte, Matthew Schulz

Other key lawyers

Megan Lantz